Ordovician
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English
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Coined by English geologist Charles Lapworth in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.
Adjective
[edit]Ordovician (comparative more Ordovician, superlative most Ordovician)
- (geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.
Proper noun
[edit]Ordovician
- (geology) The Ordovician period.
Translations
[edit]Ordovician period
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyk- (contain)
- English terms coined by Charles Lapworth
- English coinages
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- English adjectives
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